Donschten

Donschten Large district town of Dippoldiswalde Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 19 ″  N , 13 ° 42 ′ 54 ″  E
Height :	556 m
Residents :	185  (2017)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1994
Incorporated into:	Schmiedeberg
Postal code :	01744
Area code :	035052
Location of Dönschten in Saxony

View of Dönschten (1963)

Seal mark of the municipality of Dönschten

Dönschten is a district of the Saxon large district town Dippoldiswalde in the district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains .

geography

Dönschten is located about three kilometers southeast of Schmiedeberg in the Eastern Ore Mountains . To the west of the town on federal road 170 is the Rote Weißeritz , which is dammed in its lower course near Dippoldiswalde to the Malter dam, and the route of the Weißeritztalbahn , which was only rebuilt to Dippoldiswalde after the flood of the century in 2002 until 2008. Since 2017, the route has been back to Kipsdorf health resort.

Neighboring places

Schmiedeberg		Johnsbach
Kipsdorf	Upper Bear Castle	Falcon Grove

history

The place was newly laid out in the first half of the 16th century as a scattered settlement on Waldhufenflur . The basic rule was exercised by the manor Schmiedeberg. Dönschten belonged to the Altenberg office in 1570 , from 1696 the Pirna office was responsible for the administration. From 1856 to 1875 Döschten belonged to the Altenberg judicial office and later to the Dippoldiswalde administration . In 1900 the area of ​​the district was 80 hectares . Oscar von Kohorn and the “Freiherr-Kohorn-Stiftung zur Chemnitz Children's Recreation Care” founded the first urban children's recreation home in Dönschten in the 1920s. Thanks to Kohorn's commitment, almost 1,700 boys and girls in need were accommodated in the first five years of its existence. In 1925, the population of Dönschtens was divided into 280 Evangelical Lutheran residents and four Catholics . In 1945 the independent community was incorporated into Schmiedeberg for the first time, but in 1948 the place regained its independence. In 1952 Döschten became part of the Dippoldiswalde district as an independent municipality, which became part of the Weißeritz district in 1994 . In the same year Dönschten was incorporated into Schmiedeberg a second time. In August 2008, the district became part of the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district, formed from the Saxon Switzerland district and the Weißeritz district . Since the incorporation of Schmiedeberg into Dippoldiswalde on January 1, 2014, Dönschten has been part of the major district town.

Development of the population

Development of the population of Dönschtens:

year Residents 1666 9 possessed man 1764 10 gardeners 1834 90 1871 125 1890 137 1910 343 1925 352 1939 320 1946 433 1950 377 1964 340

year Residents 1990 138 2006 152 2007 158 2008 163 2009 162 2010 168 2011 160 2012 160 2013 162 2014 163

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Dönschten

Web links

• Dönschten in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
• Dönschten on dippoldiswalde.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Population figures for Dippoldiswalde and districts on dippoldiswalde.de
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Dönschten in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
3. ↑ dippoldiswalde.de ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.